Umbria - Finestre sull'Arte

Spoleto and Foligno, Umbria breathing contemporary art.

For the past few years, in the florilegium of temporary capitals that, on the model of the European Capital of Culture, dot the peninsula, there has also been the recognition of Italian Capital of Contemporary Art, established in 2024. Nominations fo...
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Madonna of Monteluce returns to Perugia for first time since Napoleonic spoliation

After more than two centuries, one of the most significant works in Perugia 's artistic history is returning to the city. From Oct. 1, 2025, to Jan. 7, 2026, the Museo del Capitolo of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo will host the exhibition The long-awa...
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A work attributed to Perugino lent for Communion and Liberation meeting

After Caravaggio at Vinitaly, the Herculaneum Runners at a fashion show and the Farnese Atlas at the Osaka Expo, the list of testimonial works of art is lengthening: in fact, the Ministry of Culture has announced that it will lend a work attributed t...
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Dario Fo, program for the centenary of the Italian Nobel laureate's birth starts in Umbria

Umbria officially launches its path to the 100th anniversary celebrations of the birth of Dario Fo (Sangiano, 1926 - Milan, 2016), a leading figure in contemporary theater and Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. The multi-layered program, intended fo...
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Umbrian graffiti between faith and memory: an exhibition on medieval and modern writings in Montefalco

The San Francesco Museum Complex in Montefalco is hosting from April 13 to June 15, 2025 an exhibition that has the flavor of time etched in stone: Graffiti of Umbria. Medieval and Modern Spontaneous Writings. This is a widespread exhibition, curated...
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Perugia, Villa del Colle del Cardinale reopens to public after redevelopment work

From March 21, 2025, the Villa del Colle del Cardinale in the hamlet of Colle Umberto in Perugia will reopen to the public. In fact, work on the rehabilitation of the gardens, financed by the PNNR Parks and Gardens Fund to the tune of 2 million euros...
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Vallo di Nera, between Franciscan frescoes and movements of ancient popular devotion

Sunday morning of a cold and strange December, and the alleys of Black Wall are empty. There is no travel guidebook that forgets to mention this sandstone village in the lists of must-see places in the Valnerina. Orange flag, Borghi più belli ...
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Città di Castello has a new Luca Signorelli: returned to the master the Santa Cecilia Altarpiece after restoration

A Renaissance masterpiece re-emerges from the dust of time. After a full restoration that revealed its authenticity, the St. Cecilia Altarpiece, housed in the Pinacoteca comunale of Città di Castello, has been given to Luca Signorelli and his ...
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